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AAS Degree in Environmental Technologies and Sustainable Practices

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This Degree Prepares You For...

The associate in applied science (AAS) degree in environmental technologies and sustainable practices prepares you for a career in a rapidly growing field. There is great demand for professionals who can redesign how society consumes energy by developing innovations that lead society toward a more environmentally sensitive and conscientious way of life.
 

This program offers an emphasis on either business or technology while covering both. You will gain both a practical and a scientific basis for measuring, monitoring, and recommending actions to reduce and innovate energy use and applications in commercial settings.

  • As a graduate with a business emphasis, you will be able to address savings and spending using terms and tools applicable in the commercial arena.
  • As a graduate with a technology emphasis, you will be able to design and execute environmentally sensitive and sustainable practices. 
     

Before graduation, you will further develop and test your skills through internships, service learning, and/or a capstone project.

 

Degree Requirements

Suggested Courses

Suggested courses do not apply toward the degree.

 

BIT 154 Beginning Word Processing 1 credit
BIT 156 Beginning Spreadsheet 1 credit
BIT 158 Beginning Access 1 credit
BIT 163 Beginning PowerPoint 1 credit

 

General Education Requirements 

Complete the following courses:

 

BUS&101  Introduction to Business   5 credits  
PSYC 251  Organizational Behavior 5 credits 

 
 

Select one of the following 2 courses:

 

ENGL&101  English Composition I  5 credits 
ENGL&101T  English Composition for Technical Writers  5 credits 

 

Select one of the following 3 courses

 

MATH&107  Math in Society  5 credits 
MATH&141  Pre-Calculus I  5 credits
MATH 147  Finite Math  5 credits 

 

Program Requirements 

Complete the following courses:

 

BIT 220  Project Management  5 credits 
ETSP 101  Introduction to Environmental Technologies and Sustainable Practices  5 credits 
ETSP 102  Power Generation and Distribution 5 credits 
ETSP 110  Conventional Energy Systems 5 credits 
ETSP 161  Blueprint Reading  1 credit 
ETSP 190  Documenting and Reporting Energy Use  3 credits 
ETSP 201  Environmental Regulations and Compliance  5 credits 
ETSP 203  Energy Auditing and Analysis I  5 credits 
ETSP 204  Carbon Footprint and Sustainability Analysis  5 credits 
ETSP 290  Capstone Seminar  1 credit 
PHYS 111  Physics of Sustainable Energy  5 credits 

 

Select one of the following 6 courses:

 

BIOL 120  Survey of the Kingdoms  5 credits 
CHEM&121 Introduction to Chemistry  5 credits 
ENVS&101  Survey of Environmental Science  5 credits 
ENVS 150 Themes and Methods in Environmental Science  5 credits 
ENVS 220  Wetland Ecology and Conservation  5 credits
GEOL&101  Introduction to Physical Geology  5 credits 

 

Select one or a combination of the following 4 variable-credit courses for a total of 5 credits:

 

ETSP 197  ETSP Work-Based Learning I  1-5 credits 
ETSP 297  ETSP Work-Based Learning II  1-5 credits 
ETSP 199  Service-Learning in ETSP I 1-5 credits 
ETSP 299  Service-Learning in ETSP II 1-5 credits 

 

Business Emphasis Requirements 

Complete the following courses:

 

BUS 110  Green Materials: Sourcing and Practices  5 credits 
ECON 220  The Economics of Energy 5 credits 

 

Select one of the following 3 courses: 

 

BUS&201  Business Law  5 credits 
PHIL 243  Environmental Ethics 5 credits 
PHIL 260  Business Ethics  5 credits 

 

Select one of the following 4 courses:

 

ETSP 120  Solar Energy Systems  5 credits 
ETSP 130 Wind Generation Systems  5 credits 
ETSP 140  Biomass Generation Systems 5 credits 
ETSP 170  Geothermal Power Generation 5 credits 

 

Technology Emphasis Requirements

Complete the following courses:

 

ETSP 150 OSHA/WSHA for Electrics Trades  2 credits 
ETSP 160 Mechanics Lab  3 credits 
ETSP 180  AC/DC Lab  3 credits 

 

Select one of the following 2 courses:

 

 

PHIL 243  Environmental Ethics 5 credits 
PHIL 260  Business Ethics 5 credits 

 

Select two of the following 4 courses:

 

ETSP 120   Solar Energy Systems  5 credits 
ETSP 130  Alternative Energy Systems  5 credits
ETSP 140  Biomass Generation Systems 5 credits 
ETSP 170  Geothermal Power Generation 5 credits 

 

 Total minimum credits required: 95-98